High school career: Kingsbury was born in San Antonio, but grew up in New Braunfels, between right between San Antonio and Austin. A lanky Kingsbury played quarterback for his father, Tim, who was the head coach at New Braunfels High School. Kingsbury also excelled in basketball, baseball and track.

Most Texas Tech fans remember Kliff Kingsbury well. After all, he was the first quarterback to take the reins of Mike Leach's famous Air Raid offense, and he was Tech's all-time leader in passing yards until Graham Harrell passed him in 2008.

But the last time Kingsbury threw a pass in Lubbock, Michael Brewer was a 10-year-old living almost 400 miles away in Austin. So when Brewer, who figures to take over as Texas Tech's quarterback next season, heard Kingsbury would be his new head coach, he reached out to Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel to get the scoop, according to Don Williams of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

“I talked to Johnny for a long time the other night about coach
Kingsbury,” Brewer told Williams, “and he had nothing but great things to say
about him. It just got me that much more fired up to be coached by him.”

“The main thing that sticks out in my mind when he was talking about
him was how hard (Kingsbury) works,” Brewer said. “He said he’s the
first one here in the office every day. No matter if it’s a bye week or
they’re playing Oklahoma or Texas, doesn’t matter. He’s the first one
here every day and the last one to leave.

Texas A&M's offense -- and especially Manziel -- flourished in Kingsbury's only year at the school. Manziel broke the SEC record for single-season yardage by accounting for 4,600 total yards this season, including 1,181 yards on the ground.

Brewer isn't quite as blistering fast as Manziel, but the quarterback said he's looking forward to getting a chance to run the ball in Kingsbury's system.

“I feel pretty confident in my ability to run the football," Brewer told Williams. "I’m
not going to break any 80-yard touchdowns probably, but I feel like I’ve
got a good burst. I feel confident in all my off-season work and
preparation that I’ll be quick and my speed will be ready to go and I’ll
be feeling good running the football.”

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